She worked as a teacher in nigeria for many years, is also the cofounder of the. Tai neilson, response to lindsey macdonalds we are all. Feminism and the politics of the commons a lecture with. She is a professor emerita and teaching fellow at hofstra university, where she was a social science professor. Revolution at point zero silvia federici written between 1975 and the present, the essays collected in this volume represent years of research and theorizing on questions of social reproduction and the consequences of globalization.
Please join the social thought and political economy program for a lecture with silvia federici. A reflection on silvia federicis revolution at point zero. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf on the value of social reproduction informal labour, the majority world and the need for inclusive theories and politics. Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle silvia federici written between 1974 and the present, revolution at point zero collects forty years of research and theorizing on the nature of housework, social reproduction, and womens struggles on this terrainto escape it, to better its conditions, to reconstruct it. Silvia federici is a worldrenowned feminist scholar, writer and activist. Review essay on silvia federici, revolution at point zero and george caffentzis, in letters of blood and fire. Studio 281 toronto, on m5v 3a8 betweenno pipelines the lines fall 2020 on. Like silvia states, sap seems to make third world countries poorer instead of helping them out, in this proccess the people are. Click download or read online button to get revolution at point zero book now. Karatani, walker, spivak, sanyal, federici, and others. Revolution at point zero housework reproduction and. At some point in the first couple of weeks you should also read the following article, which is a response to joanne conaghan and will give you an idea of the dominant mode of legal reasoning. A veteran of the international wages for housework campaign and antinuclear struggles, she is author of caliban and the witch. In revolution at point zero, feminist scholar and activist silvia federici offers the kind of revolutionary perspective that is capable of revealing.
Download caliban and the witch ebook for free in pdf and epub format. With other members of wages for housework, like mariarosa dalla costa and selma james, and with feminist authors like maria mies and vandana shiva, federici has been instrumental in developing the concept of reproduction as a. Revolution at point zero finally, we have a volume that collects the many essays that silvia. Revisiting silvia federicis revolution at point zero. A working class perspective, women, race and class knopf, 1981, 222244. Published jointly by the power of women collective and the fading wall press designed, typeset and printed by the falling wad press first edition, april 1975 silvia federici isbn 0 9s02702 9 6 price. Silvia federici meets critics, american association of. Silvia federici is an italianamerican scholar, teacher, and activist from the radical autonomist feminist marxist tradition.
Now in a second edition, social movements offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the fields historical back. Pdf a reflection on silvia federicis revolution at point zero. Housework, reproduction and feminist struggle pm press, 2012, 18, 2327 angela davis, the approaching obsolescence of housework. Contradictions of capital and care middlebury college. The article will elucidate, analyze, elaborate on, and theorize an aspect of globalized and transnational domestic labor from the perspectives raised in. Collects 35 years of essays on feminism, as well as critiques of capitalism, in a book that looks at elder care, labor, sex and reproduction and more. Silvia federici, wages against housework 1974, and why sexuality is work 1975 in revolution at point zero. Silvia federici is an italianamerican activist and the author of many works, including caliban and the witch and revolution at point zero.
Professor federici is an italianamerican scholar, teacher and activist from the radical autonomist feminist marxist tradition. For over thirty years, silvia federici has fiercely argued that this zero point cannot have any other location but the sphere of reproduction. The revival of magical beliefs is possible today because it no longer represents a social threat. Originally inspired by federicis organizational work in the wages for housework movement. While providing a powerful history of the changes in the organization reproductive labor.
Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle common notions federici, silvia on. A reflection on silvia federici s revolution at point zero. My entry into debates surrounding ubi has, for the most part, come from marxist autonomist work on labor and. Additional details on each weeks assigned and recommended readings will be clarified at the end of each seminar meeting. She worked as a teacher in nigeria for many years, is also the cofounder of the committee for academic freedom in africa, and is a member of the midnight notes collective. Eric hobsbawm the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire, the age of extremes marxist notsobrief marxist history of the western world, 17891991. Silvia federici analyzes the potential and limits of this concept as an analytic and organizational tool. Silvia federici, revolution at point zero, new york 2012. Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle, 91114. Silvia federici, wages against housework, revolution at point zero. In 1972, federici was cofounder of the international feminist collective, which launched the wages for housework campaign internationally. War, globalization, and reproduction silvia federici.
Revolution at point zero is a collection of twelve important essays plus a preface and introduction by the marxistfeminist political theorist silvia federici. Pdf on the value of social reproduction informal labour. Unlimited edition about monoskop help recent changes recent files batch upload. Revolution at point zero download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. As the academy colonizes and tames womens studies, silvia federici. In support of this argument, the authors in this collection seek pathways within federicis groundbreaking works caliban and the witch and revolution at point zero, which could enrich existing. Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle film of the public lecture by silvia federici about her new.
Revolution at point zero collects forty years of research and theorizing on the nature of housework, social. Originally inspired by federicis organizational work in the wages for housework movement, the topics discussed include the international. Housework, reproduction and feminist struggle, 2012. Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle pm press, 2012 image written between 1974 and the present. Federici has written on the question of social reproduction and womens struggles on this terrain over a period of four decades. Articles anonymized files should not exceed 40 000 characters including, spaces, footnotes and references. She is one of the most important contemporary theorists of capitalism and feminist movements.
Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle common notions. File type pdf revolution at point zero housework reproduction and feminist struggle silvia federici revolution at point zero housework reproduction and feminist struggle silvia federici silivia federici revolution at point zero. Written between 1974 and 2012, revolution at point zero collects forty years of research. Buy revolution at point zero common notions 1 by silvia federici isbn. Gender links recently interviewed silvia federici after the launch of her book, revolution at point zero, inspired by federicis organisational work in the wages for housework movement. She partakes of the weakest expressions of the italian social upheaval in the 1970s. Silvia federici 1942, parma, italy is a feminist writer, teacher, and militant.
Another powerful elaboration is nancy folbre, the invisible heart, new york 2002. The mechanization of the body is so constitutive of the individual that, at least in industrialized countries, giving space to the belief in occult forces does not jeopardize the regularity of social behavior. Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle common. Caliban and the witch also available in format docx and mobi.
Revolution at point zero documents the development of federicis thought. Read social movements 2e by suzanne staggenborg available from rakuten kobo. An exploratory study of potential as and pb contamination by atmospheric deposition in two urban vegetable gardens in rome, italy. Copies of other materials will be uploaded to the course.
As the academy colonizes and tames womens studies, silvia. Revolution at point zero by silvia federici book resume. Silvia federici 11 revolution at point zero silvia federici. Revolution at point zero by silvia federici, 9781604863338, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. She was cofounder of the international feminist collective, an organizer with the wages for housework campaign, and was involved with the midnight notes collective. She claims reproductive labor is a hidden continent of work and.
Copies of other materials will be uploaded to the course website. Praise for revolution at point zero church land programme. While providing a powerful history of the changes in the organization of reproductive labor, revolution at point zero documents the development of federicis thought. Women the body and primitive accumulation autonomedia 2005 and revolution at point zero. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Witchhunting, past and present, and the fear of the power of women 100 notes100 thoughts documenta by sylvia federici 20120615 on. Silvia federici, the reproduction of labor power in the global economy and the unfinished feminist revolution, in revolution at point zero. Silvia federici is a feminist activist, writer, and a teacher. Silvia federici quotes author of caliban and the witch. The 1970s radicals were forced to act and think within the bounds of what was happening in their time, and silvia federicis present popularity suggests that this time is not quite over yet. Revolution at point zero documents the development of federicis thought on. Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle pm press, 2012. Written between 1975 and the present, the essays collected in this volume represent years of research and theorizing on questions of social reproduction and the consequences of globalization.
Housework, reproduction, and feminist struggle oakland and brooklyn. I appreciate being invited to take part in this forum on universal basic income ubi and to respond to lindsey macdonalds article. In 1972, she was cofounder of the international feminist collective, which launched the wages for housework campaign. About silvia silvia federici is a feminist writer, teacher, and militant. The zero point of revolution is where new social relations first burst forth, from which countless waves ripple outward into other domains. Silvia federici, for example, analyzes sex workers and housewives as theoretically equivalent. Leslie green, gender and the analytical jurisprudential mind 2015 oxford university research series, available at. Caliban and the witch by silvia federici revolution at point zero by silvia federici women and the family by leon trotsky revolution, she wrote by clara fraser the origin of the family, private property and the state by friedrich engels africaafricanamerican.